Posted by turalizz on August 11, 2002, at 15:35:18
In reply to Anyone figure out how to get off Effexor XR, posted by Huck326 on August 11, 2002, at 14:24:24
Here is how I got rid of it:
I dropped from 300mg to 150 in three days, by the end of day 3, I felt horrible: headaches, feeling detached, anxiety, vertigo..
I took 30mg mianserin (Tolvon) to sleep the same day, and to my surprise, in the morning I was feeling good. Mianserin worked like a miracle drug, it not only reversed the withdrawal of Effexor, but also alleviated my depression symptoms.
I stayed at 30mg mianserin before bed, and 75mg Effexor for two weeks, then cut the effexor to 37.5
That was the point where trouble started: I couldn't quit! Every time I tried not to take the effexor daily dose, I was feeling detached and a weird vertigo.
Then reboxetine helped. Instead of the effexor dose, I took 2mg reboxetine. I quit completely. The detached feeling did not happen. Vertigo was there, but very mild. Eventually, all the symptoms went away in one-two weeks.
Mirtazapine is very much like mianserin, so you can try it I suppose. Also, I have read that in a particular case, they treated the effexor withdrawal symptoms successfully with ondansetron.
I guess that helps, good luck.
cem
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